tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32655149782058840932024-03-13T06:15:32.196-05:00Stamp With DianeThe everyday musings and adventures of an avid stamper.Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.comBlogger772125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-46244229142966009612017-10-12T12:55:00.000-05:002017-10-12T12:55:35.046-05:00Boo BannerAnother Halloween banner and this one was almost embarrassingly quick and easy to make. Once again I used flags and twine from a banner kit I bought on post-Halloween clearance at Target last year. The triangular flags are super cute with their little Halloween pre-printed story and spider web and the top edge decorated with black microbeads. The kit also included a few plastic spiders so I Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-30200954886445319362017-10-11T10:17:00.000-05:002017-10-11T10:17:08.644-05:00Halloween BannerIt's been a super busy month that didn't leave me with time for stamping until this week. With Halloween coming up, this themed banner took priority. It also happens to meet this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog "Not A Card" challenge, so I will share it there.
The black banner flags and thick black and white baker's twine came from a kit I picked up last year at a post-HalloweenDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-24975410785844781702017-09-18T10:16:00.002-05:002017-09-18T10:16:28.892-05:00Sparkly Halloween
I love Halloween and I love the pumpkin carving party my hubby and I have thrown every year since 1999. I also love making invitations for the party and I was super excited when I came up with this year's design. It's a fun mix of stamps, patterned paper and sparkly ribbon that is almost elegant but not stodgy, if that makes any sense. Because the ribbon is so shimmery, I'm sharing the Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-26782122204927422352017-09-13T12:47:00.000-05:002017-09-13T12:47:19.787-05:00Jolly Christmas Stocking
It's been a busy week; the kind of busy that doesn't leave a lot of time for stamping and even less for blogging. Still, I wasn't completely unproductive. I dug out some long-forgotten stuff out of my craft stash and cranked my big shot to make some cards for this year's Christmas stash. There was very little stamping on these as most of the work was done with die cutting and dry embossing, butDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-54902663263630444952017-09-07T11:58:00.001-05:002017-09-07T11:58:29.184-05:00Plumber Thank You
I was in a race to make this card today. Unfortunately, my hubby discovered that one of our toilets was leaking so we needed a visit from the plumber, which was scheduled this morning. Fortunately, the plumber is a neighbor from down the block who is really cool and has a great sense of humor. As he was working, I decided that I wanted to make him a quick thank you card. I finished it, but justDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-60316465360276605922017-09-06T12:09:00.000-05:002017-09-06T12:09:00.056-05:00Three Cupcakes
I made this card to satisfy a couple of challenges. The first was last Thursday's Ways To Use It 3s and Thirds challenge. The second was Monday's technique challenge which was speedy cards fro good causes. At first glance this may not look like a speedy card, but really it took almost no time to put together.
I started with a chocolate chip base and a strip of retired SU designer paper Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-64049303695806365102017-09-05T22:06:00.000-05:002017-09-05T22:06:20.736-05:00Time to Bloom
Sorry it's been so long since my last post - the week got away from me and blended into a long weekend with too much going on to make it into the stamp room. I managed to make up for some of it today, but I'll post my creations one per day so I don't leave this blog hanging if I get busy again. I made this card to meet three challenges, though two of them are virtually the same so it's a bit ofDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-14592017562056077462017-08-29T16:28:00.003-05:002017-08-29T16:28:50.231-05:00Yarn Ball Anyone?
I've been thinking about making this card since last Friday, when I saw that this week's QKR Stampede challenge was Keep Your Eye On The Ball or Anything Goes. The challenge immediately had me thinking about a cat playing with balls of yarn. I didn't have time to stamp over the weekend and yesterday I got distracted by the National Bow Tie Day challenge, so I didn't get a chance to Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-11003740836078784242017-08-28T16:52:00.000-05:002017-08-28T16:52:06.516-05:00Classic Grandpa
The Clean and Simple challenge today on SCS was to make a card with a bow in honor of National Bow Tie Day. I loved this challenge because it gave me a chance to use my bow tie die cut and embossing folder. I'm never quite sure of what does and does not fall within the parameters of clean and simple, and I worry that I may have gone a layer or brad too far for this card to fall within those Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-26556620456871891522017-08-25T08:38:00.000-05:002017-08-25T08:38:51.786-05:00Back to Shool - part deux
Wednesday I couldn't resist making a card for the "Back to School" Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge, but I really don't have any use for a single card with this theme. I do, however, have a niece and nephew who are starting eighth and sixth grade, respectively, and those seem like perfect enough occasions to send cards even though I've basically ignored all their previous "back to Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-2007499839911719042017-08-24T16:40:00.000-05:002017-08-24T16:40:15.679-05:00Rescued Best Wishes
Carla's Ways to Use Challenge on SCS today was for us to "rescue" cards we had in our stash that we weren't quite happy with and wanted to improve. This challenge is right up my alley, because as a hoarder I rarely throw stuff away, even the things I'm really not very happy with. I don't do this often enough, but on occasion I do dip into this "runt" pile and do my best to "rescue" one or two. Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-43241435530296681372017-08-23T22:24:00.000-05:002017-08-23T22:24:12.012-05:00Time to Hit the Books
The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge this week is "Back to School". I don't have kids, so I don't normally make back to school stuff but recently, while rummaging through some really old scrapbooking supplies, I found some school related stickers, so I decided to play. And because one challenge is good but two are even better, I also decided to use this the awesome colors from this Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-65003301232111072422017-08-21T18:47:00.000-05:002017-08-21T18:47:52.939-05:00Sweet Popsicle Birthday
In the Clean and Simple challenge today on SCS Tricia asked us to make a sweet birthday card. Although my usual style is not exactly clean and simple, when I saw this challenge I had an idea so I decided to go for it and I actually love the way it turned out.
I started by die cutting a piece of whisper whit card stock with the Ornate Card #2 Extra Long Bigz Die from Sizzix. Because I planned Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-31214109477554132632017-08-21T09:45:00.000-05:002017-08-21T09:53:52.039-05:00Tile Works Welcome
Friday's QKR Stampede Challenge was Shaped Cards or Anything Goes. I don't usually make shaped cards, but as it happened I attended the Stamp & Scrap expo Friday and picked up the Tile Works Spellbinders Nestabilities that were perfect for this challenge so I decided to play. I used the 2nd largest size die to make a card that would work well as a welcome to the neighborhood gift tag.
IDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-51800390884479552372017-08-19T08:15:00.000-05:002017-08-19T08:15:01.269-05:00Musical themed note
The QKR stampede challenge last Friday was Anything Goes with a twist: Inspired by Music. When I saw the challenge I instantly thought of all the music related embossing folders and punch that I've owned for a while but never actually used. This challenge was a good reason to bring them out and play! Unfortunately, my hubby and I left for a road trip before I had a chance to upload the card andDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-47319945520739114262017-08-12T00:16:00.003-05:002017-08-12T11:10:42.362-05:00Fabulous Vine and Flowers
I had so much fun making this card and I really love the way it turned out. The glossy paper and all the gold accents catch and reflect light beautifully.
I made it to satisfy two different challenges on SCS. The first was a Ways to Use It challenge to use a faux technique. The second was a Mixed Media challenge to use a die cut shape that was made out of some sort of text. I figured ifDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-12655773899316192192017-08-11T14:00:00.000-05:002017-08-11T14:00:18.780-05:00Neon Light
Dawn's Free For All challenge on SCS today is to show light in our cards. There are lots of less literal ways to interpret that challenge, but my mind immediately jumped to the obvious, in part because I was also thinking of Jeannie's challenge on her blog, Dragonfly Journeys, to make cards incorporating neon. This idea fit both challenges perfectly.
The card base is basic black. For the whiteDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-84089551105217230612017-08-09T09:54:00.000-05:002017-08-09T09:54:17.678-05:00Hummingbird Birthday
Here's another card I made for Saturday's SCS Inspiration challenge. The Tropical Inspiration Pinterest board had so many awesome images that, once again, I actually used two different ones for my inspiration. I was fortunate that both of my inspirations lent themselves to using colors from today's color combination challenge, which was So saffron, Pear Pizzazz and Berry Burst. I didn't have Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-58603549868084664422017-08-08T10:39:00.000-05:002017-08-08T10:39:40.995-05:00Marriage Journey
I can hardly believe it, but next week my hubby and I will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. It's been an awesome two decades, made even better by our mutual love of travel, so it's only fitting that I made him a travel themed card, especially since we'll be celebrating while on a short road trip to Ohio. For the layout, I used the sketch from last Week's SCS sketch challenge, as it Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-40976132083785702302017-08-05T17:59:00.001-05:002017-08-05T17:59:35.448-05:00Tropical Colors Inspiration
The inspiration challenge today on Splitcoast Stampers linked to a pinterest board filled with all things tropical. This card was inspired by this pin and this one and the way the vibrant tropical colors stood out against a black background in both pictures. The colors reminded me of the liquid chalk markers I bought recently and only used once so far. This seemed like a perfect opportunity to Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-70197794519172860642017-08-04T12:58:00.000-05:002017-08-04T12:58:36.429-05:00All About the Shoes
The Splitcoast Stampers "Free for All" challenge today was to spotlight a portion of a card by creating a frame around the image. I found a couple more stamps that were perfect for yesterday's ways to use shoe challenge, so I decided to combine the two.
The Shoe Border stamp is from Katie & Co. and consists of three shoes, so that's what I decided to highlight. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-40722665453646244012017-08-03T13:44:00.000-05:002017-08-03T13:44:18.212-05:00Shoe In FriendIn this week's Splitcoast Stampers "Ways to Use It" challenge our hostess, Lisa (aka Shoe Girl) challenged us to use shoes on our cards. It took a bit of searching through my stamp index, but I finally found the perfect image. The sentiment even matched Lisa's title for the post announcing the challenge.
My last couple of cards where I tried new techniques didn't exactly turn out how I wanted, Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-28504315426075173252017-07-31T12:59:00.001-05:002017-07-31T12:59:47.516-05:00Organic Thanks
The "try a new technique" challenge on Splitcoast Stampers today asked us to use salt and glossy card stock to make a background. I tried, but the end result was rather disappointing. Maybe it was the fact that the only salt I had was table salt, or maybe it was trying to dry the cardstock with a heat tool instead of waiting patiently, but when I scraped off the salt it left no evidence of its Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-59964020206646499292017-07-29T19:42:00.000-05:002017-07-29T19:42:14.564-05:00Tropical Birthday
In this week's Ways To Use It challenge on Splitcoast Stampers, Lisa challenged us to "warm it up". We could use heat embossing, images that are hot like fire or iron, or use other techniques that use hot tools. I decided to go for a double. I used heat embossing, but I use this technique all the time, so that didn't seem like enough. To really challenge myself I decide to try the wax paper Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265514978205884093.post-76889055356141780612017-07-28T18:29:00.000-05:002017-07-28T18:30:38.095-05:00Wonderful Farmyard
In today's Free For All challenge on Splitcoast, Shirley challenged us to use something on a card that could be found on old MCDonald's farm. I would have been stuck for ideas, had I not just re-discovered my wheels, including the Farmyard jumbo wheel.
With the wheel, all I had to so was color the images with my blendabilities markers and my sharpie water based white paint marker (for the Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062568346714879389noreply@blogger.com2